Consultation outcome

Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 November 2025
• Last updated: 11 September 2026 — See all updates

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights – government response

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Detail of outcome

Government will move forward with implementing the proposed changes to permitted development rights for electric vehicle (EV) charging.

Work is focusing on preparing the necessary legislative amendments and ensuring that regulatory safeguards remain clear and proportionate.

Next step for Autumn 2026: laying of the secondary legislation before Parliament, subject to Parliamentary time and subsequent commencement of the amended permitted development rights.

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Original consultation

Summary

Changes to permitted development rights to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

This consultation ran from
8:30am on 14 November 2025 to 11:59pm on 21 January 2026

Consultation description

Permitted development rights (PDRs) allow certain building works to be carried out without the need to submit a planning application, streamlining processes and reducing costs for property owners and developers.

The government has already made changes to PDRs to support the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints.

This consultation asks about further proposed changes to PDRs to allow for: 

• multiple units of equipment housing or storage units for electric vehicle chargepoints in non-domestic, off-street car parks 
• the installation of cross-pavement solutions and associated domestic chargepoints

Documents

Changes to various permitted development rights for EV charging

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Published 26 November 2025

Last updated 11 September 2026 — Show all updates

1. 11 September 2026

   Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights – government response added.

2. 26 November 2025

   First published.